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Written by Michael Lawton
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 23:09 |
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The rest of the team went to Kristin today for practice (Rutherford went along too). I decided to go to Massey instead as I still had more building to do. I lengthened the basket by making a hinged back pulled in by rubber bands, that when pushed on by balls, will be pushed out. I tested it, and it looks as if it can store 3 white balls :) and an orange, or 5 or possibly 6 orange balls. I am really happy about it, as being able to suck up a whole row of orange balls in programming or robot skills will help immensely. I also mounted the rest for the sucker on rubber links, so balls will not get stuck on it, but just push it aside (only the right side is done so far). I have put a longer slide rail on the left (I will do the right side tomorrow), so now it sticks out slightly more than the leg-wheels, which enables the robot to go right up to the wall without the leg-wheels climbing up it. This will also be useful for autonomous.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 20 March 2010 23:25 |
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